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ICT In Prisons

Technology is rapidly changing and expanding in every field imaginable, in every aspect of our life, transforming it. We live in an information age where the digital revolution has created a knowledge base society surrounded by a high tech economy which has allowed rapid global communications and networking to shape modern society.

 

Technology in Prisons has also seen rapid development in the last years, having things unimagined a few years ago: internet access to prisoners, e-health and e-learning for prisoners, use of mobile devices in prison, iPads for officers, biometrics, video-conferencing, cloud services and much more.

Duration: 2013 - Present
Status: Ongoing

Coordinator: Justina Dzienko

Chair: Marjan Lukavecki

Co-Chair: Pia Puolakka
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The EuroPris ICT in Prison Expert Group has developed reports in 2016 and 2017 on topics of interest to the European Prison Agencies and can be downloaded here:

ICT Matrix

The ICT Matrix is a tool that has been developed for European Prison Services for mapping stages of technology development and for collecting solutions:

 

Reports 2017

 

Reports 2016

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MARJAN LUKAVEČKI

Specialist in the Head Office for the Prison System / Information Security Adviser of the Ministry of Justice and Public Administration - Croatia

PIA PUOLAKKA

Project Manager in the Smart Prison project in Criminal Sanctions Agency Finland

MARLOES VAN DE BRAAK

Project Manager of ICT- Projects at the Dutch Custodial Institutions Agency

HUBERT UNGER

Senior ICT Manager within the Austrian Minstry of Justice

BERKER KÜÇÜKÇETIN

Chief officer Responsible for ICT Project at the GDPDH Turkey

JACQUES HENSEN

ICT Manager at Administration Pénitentiaire - Luxembourg

MARIA PUERTO SOLAR

Prison Officer Programme Coordinator - Spain

HAKAN KLARIN

Chief Information Technology Officer - Sweden

ANTONIO PASTOR PERAL

ICT Projects Coordinator of the Catalonian Prison Service

DONNA CREAVEN

Director of ICT and Corporate Services with the Irish Prison Service

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Meet a EuroPris expert –  this was the motto of our new event. EuroPris organised a roundtable of experts, kindly hosted by the Finnish Prison and Probation Service in Helsinki, Finland on 17-18 October 2023.

 

In this meeting, the EuroPris expert group interacted with other ICT professionals from the prison field.

 

Read more about the event here.

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Technology in prisons has seen rapid development in the last years: internet access to prisoners, e-health and e-learning for prisoners, use of mobile devices in prison, biometrics, video-conferences and much more.

 

EuroPris organised a workshop on ICT in prisons. This time the theme was ‘The Inmate’s Digital Journey – Current and Future Solutions’.

 

Read more about the event here. 

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On 29 & 30 September 2020 the ICT Expert Group met online and conversed with plenary presentations as well as breakout sessions.

 

Topics included:

  • intelligent prisons
  • video linking
  • data-driven decision making
  • digital services for inmates
  • the impact of Covid-19 on the use of technology, and more.

 

The ICT expert group updated the ICT Matrix originally launched during the ICT Workshop in Stockholm in 2018. The updated ICT Matrix was demonstrated during the workshop.

 

You can download the speakers booklet here.

You can also download the ICT Workshop Online 2020 presentations here. 

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EuroPris, in cooperation with ICPA and CEP organised the second Technology in Corrections: Challenges for the Future on 15-17th May 2017 in Prague, Czech Republic.

 

The aim of this conference was to:

 

  • Challenge the private sector to develop innovative digital solutions for use in corrections to address issues facing prisons and probation today;
  • Provide networking opportunities for technology experts in the corrections arena;
  • To promote the use and implementation of advanced Digital Technology Solutions in corrections.
  • The private sector is challenged to develop solutions in the field of digital technology for a number of issues that prison and probation systems currently face. The challenges to the private sector are based on the issues faced by the National Agencies.

 

The TIC Conference is an international event where experts from a wide range of backgrounds and sectors in the creation, development and the implementation of correctional technology solutions attend. This includes senior decision makers, Directors General of correctional jurisdictions, CIOs, heads of ICT departments, business improvement professionals, prison and probation management experts, analytical and research specialists and technology solution providers. TIC seeks to attract a core audience of those presently working within the prison and probation sectors who are involved in the advancement of their respective jurisdictions through the implementation of digital technology initiatives.

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This year Sweden hosted the EuroPris ICT in Prison Workshop on 22-25 May 2018. International experts on ICT were invited to exchange knowledge and discuss managing data flows, use of videoconferencing, development of ICT strategies, (wireless) connectivity in prisons, challenges in the implementation of the GDPR and much more. Issues on ICT within Education, but also a holistic scope on the needs of ICT within the Real Estate were highlighted. The program included live demos of modern technology used in prisons. Additionally, a tour was also organised in the newly renovated Kronoberg remand prison located in Stockholm.

 

Click below to download notes, presentations and the agenda:

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The third EuroPris ICT in Prison Workshop took place on 29-30 June 2016 in Sintra, Portugal, hosted by the Portuguese Directorate General of Reintegration and Prison Service. The event was attended by 68 participants from 22 countries. The participants had the chance to discuss in depth in break out sessions topics such as:

  • Telemedicine,
  • Connecting the inmate to the digital world, Looking into the future,
  • Cloud and data protection and internet,
  • Video-conferencing,
  • Tender Management.

Download the Presentations and Report from the Workshop. To view the agenda from the workshop click here.

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In cooperation with the Irish Prison Service and Northern Ireland Prison Service, the second EuroPris ICT in Prisons Workshop took place on 3rd and 4th April 2014 in Portlaoise, Ireland and focused on experts working in the ICT sector of prison and correctional services.

The workshop addressed the following topics:

  • Prisoner information management system;
  • Use of Biometrics;
  • Prisoner healthcare management system;
  • Communications for inmates (e-mail and video);
  • Use of mobile devices in prisons;
  • Mobility, the next step: where mobility meets the custodial environment;
  • Family visits by video conferencing.

Download the ICT in Prisons Workshop agenda.

With the workshop EuroPris brought together over 60 ICT prison professional from 23 European countries, to exchange information, knowledge, best practice and build a network.

The presentations from the workshop are available and can be downloaded here.

Click here to download the ICT Workshop report.

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EuroPris hosted a workshop in London on 24 – 25 April 2013 to bring together learning and expertise in the field of ICT in prisons.

Breakout groups during the workshop discussed 4 main topics:

  1. Enterprise mobility,
  2. electronic monitoring,
  3. infrastructure for inmates and
  4. offender management systems.

As a result of this meeting a number of experts visited their colleagues in other European countries to further their exchange of knowledge, information and practices. Since this topic is relevant across all National Prison Agencies, it was agreed that the expert group would further expand on these important topics through organised workshop activities.  The first ICT workshop was held on 24th – 25th April 2013 and attended by 40 ICT experts from across Europe.

Presentations from this workshop can be downloaded here.

Suggestions for future cooperation in the ICT sector can be found here.